Fry up some cabbage with thick-cut bacon pieces for a low-carb dish that works as a side or as a main – either way, you’re going to want more.

The best way to eat cabbage is skillet-fried with bacon, because of the slightly crispy edges that form while cooking. I love the taste of charred cabbage, and in this recipe, we’re making it extra tasty by using bacon grease to cook the cabbage.

I highly recommend using a cast iron skillet because it cooks more evenly, but if you don’t own one, any nonstick skillet should do the job.

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Use Grass-Fed Bacon Instead Of Conventional Bacon

Opt for grass-fed bacon over conventional bacon because pork raised outdoors on a high-oleic acid diet (versus pork raised indoors on a corn or soybean diet) tends to have better omega-3/omega-6 ratio and a higher percentage of monounsaturated fat. It’s a better nutritional option, and also more sustainable.

Save The Bacon Grease

One of the things I love about cooking with bacon is that you don’t waste anything. I always reserve the rendered bacon grease to cook the rest of the ingredients because the bacon grease imparts a flavor that takes the dish to the next level.

Helpful Tips To Get You Started:

• Be careful not to overcrowd the pan. The most important thing you should take note of is not to overcrowd the skillet. I cooked the cabbage in 3 batches to avoid this. Overcrowding the skillet with too much cabbage will create a steamed effect instead of a sautéed effect.

Felicia Lim

Low Carb Bacon-Fried Cabbage

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Total time:50 mins

Cook Time:40 mins 40 minutes

Prep Time: 10 mins 10 minutes

Serves:4

Nutrition facts:8 grams of protein12 grams of carbohydrates8 grams of fat

Low Carb Bacon-Fried Cabbage

Recipe by: Felicia Lim

Fry up some cabbage with thick-cut bacon pieces for a low-carb dish that works as a side or as a main - either way, you’re going to want more.

Tools

• Large cast iron skillet

Ingredients

• 6 slices thick-cut bacon, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1 T minced garlic
• 6 cups thinly sliced cabbage
• 1 t salt
• 2 t ground black pepper

Instructions

• In a cast iron skillet over medium heat, sauté the bacon pieces until the grease is rendered and bacon is cooked through and crispy, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon pieces and set them aside on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Reserve the bacon grease and add 2 tablespoons of it back to the skillet. Sauté the diced onions until soft and caramelized, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute. Set the cooked onions and garlic aside.
• Add the remaining bacon grease to the skillet and stir in 2 cups of cabbage and cook until crispy, about 8 minutes. Use a wooden spoon to move the cabbage around occasionally to prevent burning. Set the cooked cabbage aside, and cook the rest of the cabbage in batches.
• Once the cabbage is cooked, return the cabbage, onions, and garlic to the skillet. Sprinkle in the salt and pepper and mix well, before finally adding in the cooked bacon pieces. Serve immediately.

Looking for Paleo ingredients? Here’s what we recommend:
Black pepper (Frontier)

Enjoy even more cabbage recipe like these Asian-style cabbage wraps and this creamy Paleo coleslaw.